Daily Lessons for Teaching for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Plays are comprised of several parts. These parts consist of a Plot, Characters, Setting, Theme, Diction, and Music. Students must understand these elements in order to understand the similarities and differences that are shared by plays and novels. The objective of this lesson is to learn about the elements of a play.

1) Discussion: What is a play? What elements make up a play? Why would...
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